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Ethical Hacking Techniques to Audit and Secure Webenabled ApplicationsPage 1Sanctum Inc. 2002 www.SanctumInc.comEthical Hacking Techniques to Audit and Secure Webenabled ApplicationsAs public and private organizations migrate more of their critical functions to the Internetcriminals have more opportunity and incentive to gain access to sensitive information through the Web application. Gartner Group estimates that 75 percent of Web site hacks that occur todayhappen at the application level and this number is expected to increase. Hackers target the webapplication because it easily provides access to the most valuable business assets such asemployee and customer data (like health records and credit card information) as well ascorporate proprietary information. While most web sites are heavily secured at the network levelwith firewalls and encryption tools these sites still allow hackers complete access to the enterprise through web application manipulation. Attackers break into the web application by thinking like a programmer: identifying how theapplication is intended to work and determining shortcuts used to build the application. Thehacker then attempts to interact with the application and its surrounding infrastructure in maliciousways simply by using the web browser or any of a large number of automatic hacker tools suchas CGI scanners and HTTP proxys. Understanding the techniques hackers use to manipulate Web applications and steal credit carddata falsify financial transactions or access proprietary information is the first step in learninghow to secure the Web application. This article will explain why the Web application is sovulnerable to attack and discuss three of the most common Web application hacking techniquesand detail how to protect against these attacks and protect your mission critical information.What is a Web Application? The first important question is What is a Web application? Although most pe ...
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